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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

すかさず

sukasazu

immediately, without hesitation

Example sentences

  1. 旦那だんなが帰かえってきたら、すかさず聞きいてみるつもりよ。

    I intend to ask my husband the moment he comes back.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれがうろたえてるすきにすかさず彼女かのじょは逃にげた。

    She took advantage of his confusion to escape.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. すかさず綱つなが太刀たちで斬きりつけたが、逆ぎゃくに兜かぶとを奪うばわれた。

    Soon, Tsuna struck back with the sword, but he had his kabuto taken instead.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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